Container-top.



H. H. PMTON,v In.

CONTAINER TOP. APPLICATIQII FILED FEB. 8| |918.

1,280,827'.` Patented om, 1918.

UMTED. sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH HaPATTON, JB., 0F CLEVELAND, HIO.

CONTAINEBfTOI.

4Application led lebrua'ry 8, 1918. Serial No. 818,188.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH H. Parma, Jr.,

4citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Container- To s; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, l such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in container tops and has for its object'the providing of a top wherebythe contents of the container may be removed without removing or damaging the top.

Another object of my invention is to provide such atop which will not add materially to the cost of the container, either for material or for labor in assembling.

A further object ofthe invention is to rovide a top which may be readily placed 1n position after the container has been filled.`

Astill furtherV object of the invention is to allow the container as a whole to be so contion consists in providing a tapered' receptacle with a groove located near the upper portion thereof and loca-tiner in said groove two disks, each provided with an orifice so located that they may be made to register with each other or placed out of alluement according to -whether the container is to be opened orclosed.

My invention further consists inparts and combination of parts, all of which will be preferably be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings Figure I, is -an isometric view of my invention showing the container opened.

Fig. II. is a cross section. of the upper-pon tion of the container.

Fig. III is a modified form of opening to li' uid substance therein.

`ig.,IV, isI another form of opening deused when the container has a- Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

signed for use where it is desirable to sift the contents from the container. Fi V, is another modified form of openlng granular material is desired.

1 represents the side ,of the container which may be made in any of the well known methods and which may 'be made of any ma teria'l. 2 represents a groove near theupper portion thereof and 3 represents the tapered flange above the said 'oove 2.` 4 and 5 represent disks adapte to be forced from the tapered fiange into the roove 2 where they seat themselves and w ere the -lower disk 5 forms a tight joint between the side 1 and the said disk 5. vided with an opening 6 and the disk 5 is provided with an opening 7 so located as to register with each other when desired. upper disk 4 being forcedV in the groove after the forcing of the disk 5, allows a Vrotatable movement bein -imparted to sa'iddisk 4 since the side o the container has been very slightly enlarged; this. enlargement, however, not being sufiicient to permit the -displacement of either of said disks 4 or 5. The orifice 6 is placed out of alinement with the orifice 7 thus the container is closed'. B

esigned for use Where a fine fiow of The 4 Y rotating the disk 4 until the orifices (i and 7 t register the contents of the container may be readily removed. The disk 4 may be thus rotated to open. and close the container without causing any. damage t0 either of the disks 4 or 5.

The orifice 6 of the disk 4 is constructed thus 4for the vpurpose of pouring liquids such as Syrups and the like.l

The orifice 6" of the disk'4 may be of any contour but the disk 5 is provided with a series of small orifices 'i' for the purpose of sifting the contents from the container.

The orifice 7 of the disk 5 is constructed triangular for the purpose of permittin the pourin a small `fine stream of ranu ar material m 'the container and is designed for filling ofy salt shakers and the like smallA mouthed lvessels. The orifice 6 of the disk 4"' need not be of the same contouras the orifice 7".

From the specifications hereinabove set forth, it will be seen that the container los" as constructed requires no additional aa-V semblage cost since thc two disks can Vbe located simultaneously' andthe only additional material cost 1s the extra disk. It

will he further noted that the disks are located after the containers have been filled thus the containers may be nested and shipped and they may be also stored without taking up the room ordinarily required by 'the common containers.

'While I have shown t-he groove 2 formed by the locating of a bead in the side of the receptacle this groove may be formed in any manne-r found preferable or more desirable.

The several designs and contours of the orifices have been illustrated and described to clearly define the uses to which the invention may be put.

XVhile I have setforth certain details of construction as they appear at the present time to be best adapted I do not wish to be limited to such details except in so far as the annexed claims shall limit me as modifies tions may be made in the above invention without departing therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I wish to claim is:

1. In a device of the type set forth, the combination of a side wall, a groove located at the u per portion thereof, with a disk stat-ionarlly located in said groove and an auxiliary disk located revolubly in said groove, each of said disks provided with an orifice and said orifices adapted to permit the p assinof of the` contents of said container when t le revolubly mounted disk is revolved so as to have the said orifices register.

2. In a device of the type set forth, the combination of a side wall, a groove located at the upper portion thereof, with a top located and held Within said groove, said top provided with an orifice and an auxiliary top revolubly mounted in said groove, said auxiliary top provided with an orifice adapted to be registered with said firstmentioned orifice.

3. In a device of the type set forth, the combination of a tapered side wall, a groove located at the upper endy of'said wall` with a top located and held within said groove, said top provided with an orifice and an auxiliary top revolubly mounted in said groove, said auxiliary top provided with an orifice adapted to be registered with said first mentioned orifice.

4. In a device of the type set forth, the combination of a tapered wall, a groove located at the upper portion thereof, a tapered fiange extending beyond said groove, with a top held Within said groove and adapted to be forced from said tapered flange to said groove, said top comprising two disks rotatably mounted in relation to each other with an orifice located in each of said disks.

5. In a device of the type set forth, the combination of a wall, a groove located at the upper portion thereof, a top held within said groove, said top comprising `two disks rotatably mounted in relation to each other with an orifice located in each of said disks.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, this 26th day January, 1918. A

HUGH H. PATTON, JR.

IVitnesses: ALmmT B. DONNBLLY, JOHN J. DONNELLY. 

